Bruce Darlington

Bruce Darlington

Election & Service
Ward 4 Councilman Bruce Darlington has been elected to seven terms on Wadsworth City Council. He chairs the Public Service Committee, and has done so since 2008. He brings all of his expertise and knowledge of the community to each of Council’s standing committees, having served also on the Public Safety and Public Ways Committees. He currently sits Public Ways Committee.

Career
Prior to retiring in 1997, Mr. Darlington held the position of Senior Research Fellow at Mead Central Research where he specialized in technologies related to the processing and use of recovered paper fiber. He received a BA degree in Physics from Baker University and a PhD in Inorganic/Physical Chemistry from the University of Kansas. Before joining Mead Corporation, he worked for Phillips Petroleum Co., and PPG Industries from 1961-1989, retiring as Senior Scientist. Dr. Darlington holds 33 US Patents. He has served on the Program and Library committees of the Akron Section American Chemical Society and on the Nomination and Program committees of the South Texas section of the ACS. He has served as Secretary of the Deinking Subcommittee of TAPPI and as Chairman of the Industrial Electrolytic Division of the Electrochemical Society.

Volunteer Work
Dr. Darlington’s community involvement includes serving as President of the Wadsworth Kiwanis and Treasurer of the Akron Section of the American Chemical Society. He was a member of the Wadsworth Shade Tree Commission for 16 years.

Family
He grew up in Kansas and moved to Wadsworth in 1961. He has four children – Elizabeth, Bryan, Brent and Julie – seven grandchildren and one great grand-daughter.